CD burner unable to read or burn CD's- DVD's play and Burn fine???

My Mac pro is less than 6 months old. I have burned less than 10 CD's since I've had it.
Recently CD's no longer cue up or burn.
The drive just spins then spits it out.
I tried several brands of CD's- all with the same result.
But I can still play and burn DVD without any problem.
Isn't the CD and DVD drive the same drive? Why does it burn one and not the other?
Will Apple send me a new drive? I can't bring it into the shop because I use it everyday for work.
If not I'll eat the cost of a new one- but is it easy to replace?

I just realized that I have the same problem (been a while since I put in any sort of CD, so don't know when it started or what might have triggered it). My Mac Pro's Superdrive recognizes DVDs, blank or not, but no CDs, blank or not, commercial software or burned discs.
Resetting PRAM didn't help. Would like to know if this is a software/settings problem or hardware problem before I take any drastic measures.

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